FYI Sack, Maeda was asked to redo his contract to incentivize it to be a reliever and he declined. They could have just forced the issue and done it, but the Far East market is a good way to sign players and I don't think the Dodgers wanted to risk poisoning the well for future deals.
Red Sox got a better haul than before, but I think Gaterol has a much higher ceiling than the two guys the Dodgers gave up and there is something satisfying in knowing that fan base will be rooting for Jeter.
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